Smudging

Smudging is a ritual to cleanse and purify with a scared smoke. Smudging drives away negative energies and restores balance. Smudging is beneficial when you are depressed or unwell.
Smudging is a powerful cleansing technique from the Native American traditions. Smudging is the common name given to the burning of sacred grasses. These herbs help with emotional, psychic and spiritual purification and are commonly used by religious, healing and spiritual groups. The theory behind this technique is that the smoke attaches itself to the negative energy and as the smoke clears it takes the negative energy with it releasing it into another space to be regenerated into positive energy.
Purify & cleanse your body with smudging.

The benefits of smudging can be very effective if you are feeling depressed, resentful, angry or unwell. The smudging ritual is known as spiritual house cleaning. You can smudge your house or office as part of this spiritual cleaning ritual as well as cleansing your crystals or other objects that have negative energy. Why not get the full benefits of smudging. The three plants that are used most frequently when smudging are sage, cedar and sweet grass. The botanical name for sage is “Salvia” which comes from the Latin root salvare, which means “to heal”. Cedar is generally used when praying either aloud or silently. It is good to burn sweet grass after sage and cedar have forced out the bad influences and then sweet grass is used to bring in the good spirits and good influences. Other herbs that are commonly used in smudging are Pine, Lavender, Copal, Mugwort, and White Sage. 

The purpose and main benefits of smudging is to cleanse, purify, clear, free and release negative energies. Ideally smudging yourself is beneficial when your spirits are low, during meditation, when in prayer, and after you have been around someone who is sick or depressed. Smudging can be used on yourself, crystals, the home, office or healing space and personal objects.

To perform a smudging ceremony burn the herbs, rub your hands through the smoke and gather the smoke and allow the smoke to come to your body and rub it on yourself making sure to concentrate on the areas that you feel need the most spiritual healing. The powers of these unseen plants will cleanse your spirit whilst in prayer. Always make sure to take care when performing a smudging ceremony, you must have respect and honour for the unseen powers of these plants if you want to get the appreciation and benefits from smudging.

Practice this ritual and discover the tremendous benefits of Smudging.